Abortion will effectively be banned in Texas if ‘sue thy neighbor’ law is allowed to take effect
by Jessica Glenza from on (#5NYAS)
Federal court will soon rule on new law allowing anyone to sue abortion providers or people who help women get abortions
Texas could become the first state in decades to ban most abortions, if a federal court allows a law called SB8 to take effect on 1 September.
SB8 effectively puts a $10,000 bounty" on the head of abortion providers and anyone else who helps a woman obtain an abortion past roughly six weeks' gestation, by allowing private citizens to sue those who aid and abet" women in exercising this constitutional right.
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